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Diary Transcription:
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Sunday, February 6, 1927 (continued)
(5) G 7330 (continued)
Commenced clearing room XXIV on north and found two further chambers on north, XXV, XXVI.
Found in XXIV: three faience ushabtis and fragments, beads faience.
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(6) G 7430
G 7430 B: Clearing in room i, built of stones.
G 7430 X: Clearing in room i, bones on body, opened four chambers, three on south, one on east, numbered II-V. Two stone sarcophagi in room I, with bones of bodies.
Monday, February 7, 1927
twentieth day of work
cars emptied:
line IX 6:30 am - 8:00 am: 70, 8:30 am - 12:00: 160, 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm: 155
Total 385
Work on:
(1) Street G 7300
(2) Pit G 7330 B
(3) mastaba G 7430 B, X
(1) Street G 7300
Clearing street to south of mudbrick room, G 7300 Pt ii. Found in debris: inscribed faience scarab, fragments copper, faience amulets, fragments ushabtis, alabaster fragments, slate vessel fragments, flint fragment.
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- Classification
- Documentation-Expedition diary pages
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- Department
- Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
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- Credit Line
- Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
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- Display Page Dates
- 02/06/1927; 02/07/1927
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- Author
- Noel F. Wheeler, British
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- Site Name Eastern Cemetery
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- Site Name Eastern Cemetery
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- Site Name Eastern Cemetery
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- Site Name Eastern Cemetery
Modern People
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- Type Author
- Nationality & Dates British
- Remarks Wheeler was a Lieutenant Commander in the Royal Navy according to George A. Reisner's, "A HIstory of the Giza Necropolis, Vol. I."